[mythtv-users] Damn you Time Warner

[John Finlay]

Scott Alfter wrote:
> David Brodbeck wrote:
>   
>> On Apr 8, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Brad Fuller wrote:
>>     
>>> simply because little dishes are smaller and more compact than VHF  
>>> antennas!
>>> Some people place their Dish on their apt. balcony. But, placing an
>>> antenna on a balcony is tough to do and most apts restrict it.
>>>
>>> Then again, if it's a small UHF antenna, then it'll be the size of a
>>> small Dish (but, that's not what people have experience with... yet.)
>>>       
>> The vast majority of HDTV broadcasting in the U.S. is on UHF.
>>     
>
> All five of the Las Vegas broadcasters who've been broadcasting analog VHF will 
> continue to use VHF for their HD broadcasts.  One of them (KVBC, the local NBC 
> affiliate) is even using low-band VHF (analog on channel 3, digital on channel 2).
>
> Here's a list of HD broadcasters using VHF...it's actually pretty widespread:
>
> http://www.antennasdirect.com/vhf_hdtv_stations.html
>   

And after Feb 2009 there will be more broadcasting digital in the VHF 
band - see:

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-138A2.pdf

for the full list.

John